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91_HB2283
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1 AN ACT providing for the State of Illinois to enter into
2 an agreement with Missouri and Iowa to establish the
3 Mid-America Port Commission.
4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5 represented in the General Assembly:
6 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
7 Mid-America Port Commission Agreement Act.
8 Section 5. Agreement. The State of Illinois ratifies
9 and approves the Mid-America Port Commission Agreement and
10 enters into that Agreement with Missouri and Iowa in
11 substantially the following form:
12 AGREEMENT
13 This agreement shall be known as and may be cited as the
14 "Mid-America Port Commission Agreement". This agreement
15 allows for the states of Illinois and Iowa to join the effort
16 of the state of Missouri for developing the Mid-America port
17 commission.
18 PORT COMMISSION
19 There is created a Mid-America port commission to be
20 governed by a nine-member port commission. The governors of
21 Missouri, Illinois and Iowa shall appoint one member to the
22 port commission in accordance with the laws of the respective
23 state. Each state shall also be represented by two members
24 elected through the county governance in the geographical
25 jurisdiction of the port commission. The port commission
26 members shall hold office for a period of six years. The port
27 commission members shall elect a chairperson of the port
28 commission after all the members are selected. The position
29 of chairperson shall rotate among the Missouri, Iowa and
30 Illinois members for two-year periods. A member of the port
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1 commission shall not serve more than two terms.
2 POWERS OF COMMISSION
3 The port commission shall have the power to acquire,
4 purchase, install, lease, construct, own, hold, maintain,
5 equip, use, control or operate ports, harbors, waterways,
6 channels, wharves, piers, docks, quays, elevators, tipples,
7 compresses, bulk loading and unloading facilities,
8 warehouses, dry docks, marine support railways, tugboats,
9 ships, vessels, shipyards, shipbuilding facilities, machinery
10 and equipment, dredges or any other facilities required or
11 incidental to the construction, outfitting, dry docking or
12 repair of ships or vessels, or water, air, or rail terminals,
13 or roadways or approaches thereto, or other structures or
14 facilities necessary for the convenient use of the same in
15 the aid of commerce, including the dredging, deepening,
16 extending, widening, or enlarging of any ports, harbors,
17 rivers, channels, or waterways, the damming of inland
18 waterways, the establishment of a water basin, the
19 acquisition and development of industrial sites, or the
20 reclaiming of submerged lands.
21 Section 10. Jurisdiction. Adams, Brown, Cass, Hancock,
22 Pike, Schuyler, and Scott Counties in Illinois and any
23 additional counties that may be added to the Mid-America
24 Intermodal Authority Port District are included in the
25 jurisdiction of the Mid-America Port Commission.
26 Section 15. Powers.
27 (a) Any power or powers, privileges, or authority
28 exercised or capable of exercise by a public agency of this
29 State may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with the
30 Mid-America Port Commission according to the powers delegated
31 to the commission pursuant to this Act.
32 (b) A public agency of this State may enter into a
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1 letter of understanding with the Commission to advance the
2 purposes of the Commission.
3 (c) The Mid-America Port Commission shall exercise no
4 control over the operation of port districts established by
5 any other law of this State, except by voluntary agreement
6 between the port district and the Commission.
7 Section 20. Appointment of commissioners; vacancy.
8 (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this Act,
9 the Governor shall appoint one commissioner from the
10 Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port District Board to the
11 Mid-America Port Commission created by agreement between
12 Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa.
13 (b) Within 90 days after the effective date of this Act,
14 the Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port District Board
15 shall appoint 2 commissioners to the Mid-America Port
16 Commission.
17 (c) A vacancy in the office of commissioner shall be
18 filled by appointment of the Governor, in the case of a
19 vacancy in the office of a commissioner appointed by the
20 Governor, or by the Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port
21 District Board, in the case of a vacancy in the office of a
22 commissioner appointed by the Mid-America Intermodal
23 Authority Port District Board.
24 Section 25. Term of office. Each commissioner shall be
25 appointed to serve a term of 6 years. At the expiration of
26 the term of the commissioner appointed by the Governor, the
27 Governor shall appoint a successor who shall hold office for
28 6 years. At the expiration of the term of a commissioner
29 appointed by the Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port
30 District Board, the Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port
31 District Board shall appoint a successor who shall hold
32 office for 6 years. Each commissioner shall hold office
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1 until his successor has been appointed.
2 Section 30. Consent and approval of agreement by
3 Congress. The Mid-America Port Commission has the power to
4 apply to the Congress of the United States for its consent
5 and approval of the agreement. In the absence of the
6 consent of Congress and until the consent of Congress has
7 been secured, the agreement shall be binding on the State of
8 Illinois in all respects permitted by the law for the states
9 of Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa without the consent of
10 Congress to cooperate, for the purposes enumerated in and in
11 the manner provided in the agreement.
12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.